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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 797271, member: 66&quot;]They could possibly do that for commemoratives, but not for circulation coinage.&nbsp; These SCD were for the most part medals&nbsp; and occasionally tokens.&nbsp; They could not possibly be struck with a single blow of the press or at the speed needed for the production of a circulation coin.&nbsp; And to lower the relief enough to accomplish that they would lose all of their artistry and beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now a commemorative coin does not have tha kind of a restriction.&nbsp; Higher relief is possible&nbsp; because of a slower press speed.&nbsp; Even so the production of pieces like some of these would probably not be practical.&nbsp; For example the first one shown above probably took at least three blows from the press, possibly more, with the medal having to be annealed between each strike.&nbsp; A process that meant it would take a minimum of a week to ten days to strike one, plus the headache of making sure each piece was returned to the same die pair that had made the earlier impression, plus the care to make sure the piece and the dies are in absolute alignment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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